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An ROTC instructor who teaches classes at Chicago State University and National Guard officer was charged with felony battery in an incident involving his wife's 94-year-old great-aunt, authorities said Sunday (this sentence as published has been corrected in this text). Christopher Bonds, 41, of the 10200 block of South Prospect Avenue in the Beverly neighborhood, was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail. Bonds and his wife's great-aunt were involved in a property dispute at Bonds' home May 28, said Assistant State's Atty.

Parolees accused of domestic violence would be automatically arrested for violating their parole under a measure sent to Gov. Pat Quinn Thursday. The bill comes a little more than a year after a woman was killed in Chicago by a former boyfriend on parole for murder. Mersaides McCauley, 22, was shot to death by Glen Martinez five months after he was arrested for attacking her and a parole officer declined to push to revoke his parole and he was freed. Under current state law, arrest warrants must be issued only if parolees commit felonies with a knife or firearm or don't register as sex offenders.

The day after he was elected the first new Lake County state's attorney in more than two decades, Republican Mike Nerheim said he wants to start reforming the office on day one. Nerheim defeated Democrat Chris Kennedy in Tuesday's election, ending a campaign in which both candidates emphasized bringing change to an office that has come under fire for its handling of several high-profile felony cases. "The first thing I'm going to do is sit down with all 153 employees" of the state's attorney's office, Nerheim said.

Nancy A. Ellis, 26, of 296 Corrine Ave., Crystal Lake, was arrested Saturday on a battery charge after she allegedly struck another woman during an argument in a tavern on U.S. Highway 14, police said.

An underage drinker taken into custody by police Tuesday also faces a battery charge for spitting on the arresting officer. Police responding to a resident's report of unruly youths in the area of Fair Oaks and Millard Avenues arrested Carlos F. Lira, 20, of 7512 Pingree Rd., and Daniel J. Hurley, 19, of 4129 Hickory Ter. Both were charged with illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor. Lira received a battery charge for the spitting incident. The pair were unable to post bond and were taken to the McHenry County Jail.

Wisconsin wide receiver Marcus Randle El, arrested on a battery charge over the weekend, may play in the Capital One Bowl, a school appeals committee decided. Randle El was arrested after punching an acquaintance over an alleged theft of money, police said.

Michael J. Henderson, 22, who lives at the Crystal Lake Motel on U.S. Highway 14, is accused of striking a guest at the motel and is to appear in court Friday on a battery charge, according to Crystal Lake police.